Henry Seymour (Knoyle)
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Henry Seymour Tory[2] politician.
He was the only son of
Redland Court, Gloucestershire
and his second wife, the Comtesse de Panthou.
He was elected as a
Justice of the Peace (JP).[citation needed][where?
]
Family
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He married on 12 June 1817 Jane Hopkinson (d. 14 March 1869), daughter of Benjamin Hopkinson, of Bath and of Blagdon Court, Somerset.[3] They had five children:
- Henry Danby Seymour, of Trent (1820–1877)
- Alfred Seymour, of Knoyle House, Wiltshire, and of Trent (1824–1888)
- Jane Seymour (d. 18 September 1892), m. 21 August 1847 Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, of Brymore (21 April 1821 – 10 March 1890), son of Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie, and had issue
- Sarah Ellen Seymour (d. 14 August 1867), m. 14 May 1857 William Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead Court, Somerset (2 December 1818 – 28 October 1902)
- Louisa Caroline Harcourt Seymour (d. 31 October 1889), m. 2 September 1862 Sir Creswicke Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet(11 April 1810 – 5 March 1895), by whom she had two sons
With Félicité Dailly-Brimont he had an illegitimate daughter Henriette FélicitéRoger Charles Tichborne, the heir who was lost at sea in 1854 and whose impersonator, Arthur Orton, was 'The Tichborne Claimant' in the famous trial. Félicité Dailly-Brimont was reputed to have been the illegitimate daughter of the Duc de Bourbon Conti and his mistress Marie Claude Gaucher-Dailly.[4]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ a b "Maîtres anciens & du XIXe siècle | Lot n°229 François Pascal Simon, baron GÉRARD: Portrait de Henry Seymour (1776-1849) en habit paré". Artcurial (in French). 9 June 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b Falk, Bernard (1940). The Naughty Seymours: Companions in Folly and Caprice. Hutchinson & Company. p. 128. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ISBN 978-91-20-02056-3. Retrieved 28 February 2024.